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> Turn your phone off if you don't want your provider and apps to know where you are going. Not to put words in their mouth but I think Kergonath's point is-
by throwaway92394 4y ago
> Turn your phone off if you don't want your provider and apps to know where you are going.
Not to put words in their mouth but I think Kergonath's point is-
* Turn your phone off if you don't want your provider to know where you are going.
* Turn off your location services (and likely use a vpn, etc) if you don't want apps to know where you are going.
Yes apps _can_ still figure this out if they're trying that hard. I don't think this is in most people's threat model. If we want to go down that road then I'll point out there's ALPR's that track cars, and people who track bluetooth mac addresses your car likely has. Keeping your phone off until necessary is not realistic for most people. What you're suggesting is the equivalent of saying they should wait until morning to go through the alley.
- kergonath 4y ago> What you're suggesting is the equivalent of saying they should wait until morning to go through the alley. Exactly. And yes, it depends on your threat model and how much you personally value your privacy. If someone wants to avoid leaving any footprint, more power to them. This should not prevent other people from enjoying better baseline privacy. We can have both: decent privacy by default, and possibly much better if you want to.